March 29 is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 277 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Wednesday (56).
NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY
NATIONAL VIETNAM WAR VETERANS DAY
1461 – The Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton – Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England.
1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
1806 – Construction is authorized of the National Road, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.
1847 – The Mexican–American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
1806 – Construction is authorized of the National Road, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.
1847 – The Mexican–American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
1865 – The American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins. The loss by the Army of Northern Virginia lead to Lee's final surrender.
1886 – Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, GA.
1971 – A Los Angeles jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers for the Tate-LaBianca murders of March 23, 1969.
1974 – NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury.
1899 – Lavrentiy Beria, Georgian-Russian general and politician, head of Stalin's secret police (d. 1953)
1941 – Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr., American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
1936 – In Germany, Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in a referendum to ratify Germany's illegal reoccupation of the Rhineland, receiving 44.5 million votes out of 45.5 million registered voters.
1942 – The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
1942 – The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
1961 – The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
1971 – My Lai Massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
1971 – My Lai Massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
1971 – A Los Angeles jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers for the Tate-LaBianca murders of March 23, 1969.
1974 – NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury.
1999 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the dot-com bubble.
2002 – In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War.
2002 – In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War.
2004 – The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants.
2010 – Two female suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.
2013 – At least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor building collapses in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
BORN TODAY
1790 – John Tyler, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the United States (d. 1862)
BORN TODAY
1790 – John Tyler, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the United States (d. 1862)
1899 – Lavrentiy Beria, Georgian-Russian general and politician, head of Stalin's secret police (d. 1953)
1941 – Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr., American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
From Wikipedia and Google (images), ex as noted.
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